Single-Component Organic Semiconductors Based on Novel Radicals that Exhibit Electrochemical Amphotericity: Preparation, Crystal Structures, and Solid-State Properties of N,N‘-Dicyanopyrazinonaphthoquinodiiminides Substituted with an N-Alkylpyridinium Unit

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Abstract

N,N'-Dicyanonaphthoquinodiimines fused with a pyrazine ring 1 were prepared from the corresponding quinones 4. The new acceptors 1 have a planar pi-system and undergo reversible two-stage 1e-reduction. Quaternization of the pyridyl substituent in 1d-f gave pyridinium derivatives 2d+, 2e+, and R-3+, respectively, which are stronger acceptors that undergo three-stage 1e-reduction. Upon electrochemical reduction of these cations, novel radicals 2d., 2e., and R-3. were generated and isolated as stable solids. The molecular geometries determined by X-ray analysis indicated that these radicals adopt a zwitterionic structure, in which the unpaired electron is located on the quinodiimine unit but not on the pyridyl group. These novel radicals undergo facile and reversible 1e-oxidation as well as two-stage 1e-reduction. The observed amphotericity endows the radicals with electrical conductivities (10(-5) to 10(-9) S cm-1), and these thus represent a new motif for single-component organic semiconductors.

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